Posts Tagged ‘cloud’

Snow on the runway

Friday, February 15th, 2008 by Donncha

On the way back from Arizona I flew via ’s O’Hare . I had a long wait but I have a laptop, a spare battery, DVD and Mame to keep me amused.

I took a few too but I discovered shortly after taking this that photography in most parts of the is banned!

From what I remember, it’s ok to take snapshots of family or friends beyond the security checkpoints, and possibly only with a compact camera. I can only imagine the fuss if I had been discovered taking of the and service areas with my big chunky !

I know for a fact that photography in Heathrow is banned. It’s a good thing too. The flash might set off the dangerous liquids left by disgruntled and thirsty travellers before they go through security.

Have you noticed this is a wide angle shot? I didn’t get my back yet and no news from the camera store. I took this with a USM stuck to my camera. Matt very kindly gave me his lens because he’s buying Nikon kit. Thanks Matt!

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Traffic by the Elysian

Friday, January 11th, 2008 by Donncha

Traffic stops at the by the building site of the . I passed by the other side of it, past the low rise section of the building and it towers over the .
It’s massive!

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Debenhams’ confused identity

Friday, November 30th, 2007 by Donncha

bought Irish department store chain, "Roches Stores", back in 2006, and rebranded their store on Patrick shortly afterwards.

Unfortunately nobody has yet replaced the big "Roches Stores" logo at the top of the building. It’s still there, more than a year later! :)

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Sunlit Grassy Slopes

Monday, October 15th, 2007 by Donncha

Tough that’s lovely and springy to walk on edge to the horizon where a floats serenely in the blue . Life is good!

This is taken close to this photo of the same slope but the mood is completely different.

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Construction cranes at night

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 by Donncha

over the construction site at the old Guy and Company site make for a striking image at .

This was taken from the Tesco multi-storey car park, a few metres away from where I shot Clouds move at night.

Yesterday we had to bring the car for a service so I took the opportunity to travel to visit the framer in Kilbrittain and the border of the prints Haydn has made. The prints look great, they’re raised up from the background border and will eventually be framed in a deep frame. I hope to post of my visit in the next few days if I get the time to work on the .

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The Stephen Pierce Gallery Cafe is open

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 by Donncha

A large outside the gallery and workshop of Stephen Pearce Pottery in Co. proclaims that their is open for business. I didn’t go into the because I was walking around with Oscar while Jacinta was inside looking around. It was a beautiful day so I didn’t mind.

Stephen Pearce is very popular and most recently did a deal with a local supermarket chain, SuperValu, offering his products at a discount with stamps. I don’t care for his work much but a lot of like it and he’s doing well!

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Rusted and abandoned

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 by Donncha

An old oil stands on the at rusting away as the exposed metal is beaten down by the elements.

Technique: I increased the saturation of the reds to bring out the of the . I desaturated other colours so the would stand out.
I then duplicated the layer and darkened the top one to bring out the clouds and before using a layer mask to expose the ground on the bottom layer. After that a simple gradient at the top of the image provided a nice dark effect and finally, I dodge and burned the until I was happy. Was that useful?

I used CocoViewX to view my work directory from my Linux box on my Macbook. I was surprised that Finder didn’t display thumbnails and I didn’t want the iPhoto heavyweight when all I wanted was to know which image was which.

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Fountainstown Cloudscape

Friday, October 13th, 2006 by Donncha

Clouds gather over in Co. . The setting provided a nice backlight for the clouds on the horizon.

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The Fish Box

Monday, October 2nd, 2006 by Donncha

An abandoned fish box on , Co. . Clouds and a storm loom over the mountains across the bay but it was a bright blue that greeted us with only fluffy white clouds. I expect this box either fell overboard off a trawler or may have been used by a fisherman on the but left behind.

Technique: Split into two layers, darkened the top one to bring out the and , used a gradient to make a smooth transition. Merge layers, burned the whole image, then created a new layer, set the mode to overlay and used another gradient to darken the further.

I like this: Oh oh, I’m caught!!

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Cappuccino Morning

Thursday, September 21st, 2006 by Donncha

A beautiful misty greeted us a few days ago. The rolled down the valley outside and when the rose it produced these amazing of through the .

Thanks Jacinta for the name, it fits!

I added a tag cloud to the site this . It’s quite obvious from it where I live, and what I take pictures of!

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